Are you anywhere near Cibola county New Mexico? A little news from the homeland would be awesome. Unbiased news from someone I didn't grow up with that's trying to set me up with a woman, fix my career, or re locate me to a permanent residence.

Hey, I left a comment after your post about Islam on the CE boards. Sorry if I'm bringing your bona fides into question, but it was mostly because of your curious referral to Islamic people (even in a generalized analogy) as dogs, particularly given your initial comment. Would you please clear up this confusion back on the boards? Thanks.

Also, that judge sounds pretty crusty if you ask me. I mean what, it's her fault for going into a bar and female? As if this is type of behavior is to be expected...

"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from... Read More

I've always had the opinion that any kind of love, even at it's absolute ideal, will end in tragedy, so you either hide from experiencing any strong feelings, or you get as comfortable as you can with the idea of dealing when it gets there.

In the words of the immortal Kris Kristofferson - "The goin up is worth the comin down."

This week has been insane....and not in a good way. I started to move out of my old apartment on Sunday. School started Monday. My bf and I had all of our belongings in a storage unit that was broken into sometime between Sunday and Wednesday (when I showed up) and stole some of our stuff, including irreplaceable family heirlooms of my bf's... Read More

Not to dispute your claim and risk bothering you, but I highly doubt your are the sole reason for such misfortune. Keep your chin up and feel free to message an equally self depreciating (at times) person.

It is definitely a lot of pressure. I'm not going to feel like a failure if that's not how it works out because there are other ways for him to have more leisure time (growing his business so he ends up being the supervisor rather than a full time painter, for example), but I figure its a good goal to shoot for.